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A629 crash in Barnsley on 24 March 2001 at 07:45 involving a Leyland lorry

A Leyland lorry crashed on the A629 in Barnsley at 07:45 on Saturday 24 March 2001. The 26-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Mar 2001
Saturday, 07:45
Vehicles
1
Leyland
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47018, longitude -1.51382, in the S35 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penistone East, Barnsley, S35 4JB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200114EE00253
Council area
Barnsley
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
629
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200114EE00253 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnsley road accident statistics for 2001.